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Let's not forget that ever happened. He was on an anabolic steroid.
"But he's not on it anymore" - Sherdog
Maybe. Maybe not.
Even IF he stopped:
Muscle fibres have multiple nuclei, and the number of nuclei increases when muscle mass increases using steroids. When you stop using and working out they get small again but the number of nuclei remains the same.
When mice were briefly treated with steroids the muscle mass and number of nuclei increased. The drug was withdrawn for 3 months and the muscle mass returned to normal, but the excess cell nuclei persisted. When the muscles were subjected to overload they grew by 30% over 6 days while controls grew insignificantly.
They found that three months after the drug was withdrawn, their muscles grew by 30% after six days of exercise. A control group of mice saw growth of just 6% in the same time period.
"But he's not on it anymore" - Sherdog
Maybe. Maybe not.
Even IF he stopped:
Muscle fibres have multiple nuclei, and the number of nuclei increases when muscle mass increases using steroids. When you stop using and working out they get small again but the number of nuclei remains the same.
When mice were briefly treated with steroids the muscle mass and number of nuclei increased. The drug was withdrawn for 3 months and the muscle mass returned to normal, but the excess cell nuclei persisted. When the muscles were subjected to overload they grew by 30% over 6 days while controls grew insignificantly.
They found that three months after the drug was withdrawn, their muscles grew by 30% after six days of exercise. A control group of mice saw growth of just 6% in the same time period.
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